Pipeline Pulls
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Call or text: +1 (610) 802-0618
A Critical Pause, Not a Rescue Many animals enter the “pipeline,” passing through auctions often multiple and may ship unseen directly to slaughter.
While buying from a kill pen is the most publicized outcome, others face injury, illness, or death in the pipeline circuit while others ship direct to slaughter, never to be seen again.
We are not a rescue, but a group of experienced private buyers offering a temporary pause in this cycle.
This gives animals a brief window to find safe placement.
If no home or rescue steps in, they return to the pipeline.
Ways to Help:
• Direct Purchase: Pay the full price to complete a “pipeline pull.”
• Rescue Fundraising: We’ll share your info so supporters can donate directly.
Note: All horses are sold as-is with a signed release of liability.
Location: Bernville, PA 19506
Monday is here!
Monday means horses will need help. We will be there. Some say horses don’t know…I can tell you they do! Will you be there too?
Please check back in frequently.
We can do proxy bidding if you have a credit card and can pickup Monday from the auction – pm us if interested.
We have no information about the horses and all horses sell through the auction ring and that happens very quickly.
This is a unique opportunity, graciously offered, to pull horses that were purchased for slaughter allowing them another chance that they wouldn’t otherwise have.
The horses will have a very short timeframe in which they can be helped. Those helped can be transported to our facility for pickup on Tuesday.
Let’s help them! Together we can make a difference.
Don’t forget to read up on the current Auction reports on our FB Page!
Imagine waking up, checking your socials, and seeing a horse you know and love consigned to a Livestock Slaughter Auction.
In November 2025 that’s exactly what unfolded. A beautiful filly, hip tag number 220 was sold at the auction. Pipeline Pulls posted a picture on our page with an auction report after the sale.
A past connection of the filly saw the picture and reached out saying she had been desperately searching for this filly. Unfortunately, it was too late! She was sold to the highest bidder faster than we received the SOS. She was gone without a trace “reportedly” sold to an Amish family.
Her past connection posted in every group she could to try and located the beloved Filly. Our team was heart broken to not be able to help in enough time. We promised hip tag number 220’s connection that we would look for her when we attended the auctions.
Today at the Livestock Slaughter Auction, Selina a team member of Pipeline Pulls who dedicates her Monday’s to helping the horses was in attendance. As she was walking down multiple aisles, Selina saw hip tag number 700. She had to look twice. Could it be the missing filly? Unbelievably, after four long months Selina recognized the filly.
Selina immediately reached out to another Pipeline Pulls team member who got to work immediately! Unfortunately, the team could not find the post or remember the past connections name. The team jumped into action finding the person who had posted. In a few minutes, with the help of our online Horse Helpers the person had been found, and through happy tears she said she never stopped looking for her and absolutely wanted her back.
On a mission to save her as proxy bidder, Selina stood by the ring and waited. Selina still had to win the bid and if she left or took her eyes off the ring even for a minute she could miss the chance to pull her.
The killbuyer was present and buying a lot of horses, about half of the horses consigned at the Livestock Slaughter Auction. Finally the filly entered the ring, it’s always loud, chaotic, and fast.
Selina and the kill buyer’s son were in a bidding WAR. He was matching her bid for bid but Selina wasn’t giving up!
Even though the bidding is fast, time seems to pause, the Auctioneer looks at Selina, and then again back at the kill buyers son. Now was the time, it was winning the bid or the filly, named Mira was facing the worst possible outcome of the sale.
This was Mira’s ONLY chance. Selina battled the Kill buyers Son for Mira’s life. Thankfully, Selina won the bid and Mira would not be going to the slaughter holding facility to be exported for human consumption.
Today Mira won her life back and received a mira-cle thanks to you, our amazing Pipeline Pulls network.
Available Horses
The story of the hackney pony and the saddle
Monday we bid on a few riding horses. We bid on a few donkey’s and miniature horses but they wound up not needing us. We were getting close to the end of the sale and were thinking we were going home with an empty trailer. That’s when he made his appearance. At the end of the ring stood a hackney pony gelding, head held high carrying a very small saddle on his back. It was too small for the person leading him to ride in. A lot of people will cover up a horses thin top line with a saddle but this saddle was small and it was easy to see that he needed weight, so that’s not what its purpose was. Curious we watched this hackney gelding walk past us to the end of the ring and patiently wait while the auctioneer finished with the horse currently in the ring then announced “hackney gelding as-is” he looked at his paper then continued “buying the whole set”, meaning the hackney pony and the tiny saddle. The auction sells tack in the morning right before the horses are auctioned off and it’s not often that tack is sold with a horse. The auctioneer started the bidding and the person leading the pony started walking the hackney pony again. He badly needed a farrier visit, his hooves were very uneven they were all different lengths, shapes and the backs were the worst as they were not only long but he was walking on his toe on one hoof and his outside hoof wall on the another. The only way I can explain it is imagine if you were walking in heels on one foot and on your other foot your missing half of your shoe but the half that you do have is high on the inside making you walk on only the side of your foot. That is what this gelding was trying to do. He held his head high and looked so proud, he really tried hard. There wasn’t any way this poor boy could move soundly. As the person leading him tried to make him trot, it looked even worse so he quickly went back to a walk and then just stopped and stood there waiting for the bidding to be finished. Only a few moments had passed and it isn’t hard to guess what his fate was going to be. The auctioneer reminded everyone that they were getting a saddle too, in an attempt to get more bids. That was why the saddle was there, it was worth more than his life. We immediately jumped in and quickly won the bid on the hackney gelding who needed us.
We went to find him after we won the bid. He was tied, standing patiently just waiting. His bay coat speckled with white hairs from years of wearing a harness. He’d probably stood tied waiting for most of his life. Probably waiting for kids to take them to and from school. This poor guy probably did that with these very uneven hooves. One of our youngest team members was with us and couldn’t wait to see him. He didn’t shy away from little hands reaching out to touch him and had no issues with letting him sit on his back. Definitely no stranger to having kids around him.
After his years of service this was his reward, being sent to the auction/slaughter pipeline with a small saddle that his kids probably rode him in.
He has had a farrier visit, has a fresh coggins, he drives and he rides. He measures 12.2 hands and is looking for his home. He is inexpensive.
Pipeline Pulls
Bernville, PA 19506
Call or text 6108020618 to schedule an appointment to come out and meet this handsome gelding!
No longer available!
Tip tag #332
Chestnut miniature mare smooth mouth. She was run in loose with another miniature and a llama. The bid was for buyers choice and llama sold first. We won the bid on the chestnut. She is as cute as can be. After we won the bid we went to find her and she is halter broke friendly and takes a rider. She is looking for a home.
https://youtube.com/shorts/p22QL214hyM?si=xmdDb273UX6SMAeR
Found a home!
In a sea full of bays at the auction… one golden ray of sunshine stood out. 
The moment I saw her, my heart leapt.
As many of you know, I’m an online Horse Helper.
I’m not able to attend every auction in person, but I do everything I can from where I am to help the horses that end up there.
I proudly sponsor the Pipeline Pulls mission whenever I’m able.
While I can’t personally house more horses right now, sponsoring makes a huge difference for the ones who need it most.
Sponsorship buys them something incredibly valuable… time.
Time to be seen.
Time to be shared.
Time to be networked to the right home.
Time before facing the uncertainty of the next auction.
And today… that horse is Sunshine.
A beautiful golden soul who deserves a chance far beyond the auction ring.
I’m stepping up to help give her that time.
But I can’t do it alone.
Will you help me help Sunshine today?
Every share, every person who speaks up for her could be the reason her story changes.
Let’s work together and give this golden girl the future she deserves.
More info coming soon – reach out directly for pricing and more info!
Found a home!
We decided to attend a small animal sale to see if there were any little critters that might need help or attention.
As we walked through the aisles, something unexpected happened.
A beautiful young bay mare was standing there looking directly into my eyes.
I quickly looked toward her rear and sure enough – a hip tag number was there!
This is very unusual for a small animal sale!
The story that came with this mare was incredibly sad. The announcer shared that she came from a probelmatic domestic situation. The woman who owned her had recently been left by her partner and was suddenly unable to afford the care of the two horses she had. A man who had been delivering hay to the property became concerned about the mare’s weight and condition. When he spoke with the owner, she tearfully asked if he could please help her horse find a better home where she would be loved and properly cared for.
With the best intentions of helping the mare, he brought her to the auction in hopes that someone would see her and give her a chance. As she was led through the ring, the room was quiet. It’s not normal to see a large horse at this small animal sale. Many people watched, but no one was willing to take the risk on a thinner young bay mare. A small bay standardbred mare about 7 years old with road shoes on all four is all we could gather before the bidding began.
I raised my hand knowing that, even though we cannot change the entire world, we can change the entire world for one horse.
Sometimes all it takes is a sign, a confirmation that you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing. Again thank you everyone – without you it wouldn’t be possible. 
More info coming soon – reach out directly for pricing and more info!
Found a home!
Hip Tag Number 407
Gem – Male Hinny
We were attending a small animal sale , normally you see chickens, geese, rabbits, goats and sheep maybe a few calves.
We couldn’t believe it when we spotted a hinny!
This little guy was all alone, out of place and very unique!
Super friendly, he came up to us for attention nuzzling our hands asking to be scratched.
It was obvious someone had spent time with him and loved him and now he was here at an auction.
We checked his teeth and he was just 2 coming 3 years old and stood at 42” tall.
It appeared to be his very first auction which he was braving it all alone.
We didn’t even want to leave him to go bid, that’s how cute he is and how quickly he wraps you around his little hoof!
What a special little gem!
We won the bid and pulled him from the pipeline.
This unique little guy is looking for his very own family to complete his pull and then funds will be rolled so that another in need can be pulled.
FOUND A HOME
Location: Bernville, PA 19506
Hip Tag #287
Hip tag #287 – St Edmond’s Girl a beautiful bay Thoroughbred Mare 10 years old and 16 hands tall she will ride English or Western, she is barefoot doesn’t need shoes, she is gentle, sweet, she has great ground manners, great stall manners, easy to catch, loves attention. She will stand to be mounted at the block, ride out cross country, trail ride alone or with another horse, she will ride in a ring, you can lunge her but she doesn’t need it. She will walk/trot/canter for you she has a nice back up and is very willing to please. Even though she has had babies she remembers how to ride and does it very well! She doesn’t change even after sitting and gaining weight she’s still evaluated the same no buck, rear or funny business she is gentle, honest and willing.
She has had many hip tag numbers in her life, this will be the last one.
She has found a home!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1576805286785405
That’s right! Word on the street in Newark New Jersey was that there was a Horse riding around and that is correct. It was handsome Casanova out for a Big City ride.
Big, bold, and undeniably handsome, this stunning chocolate draft cross gelding is ready to sweep you off your feet.
Call or text: +1 (610) 802-0618 to schedule your appointment and price
If you’re not ready for a Horse yet please help this gelding get connected with potential home options by sharing his posts. Thank you so much.
Big, Bold and Beautiful – Dutch Harness draft cross or Clydesdale Thoroughbred cross measures 16 hands approx. late teens early 20s. Point and shoot guy will walk/trot/canter. He is quiet and gentle on the ground was said to also drive single and double but we can’t verify that. Very nice big boned honest gelding responds to cues well. Not afraid of traffic, non spooky, no buck rear or funny business. He will stand by block to be mounted. He will ride English or Western.
Videos
Tacking https://youtube.com/shorts/okp_vizmhaI?si=4NndHBqvts3bJuZv
Bridle https://youtube.com/shorts/DfqBMmpRhCc?si=7CXi6iwunScX70Yu
Walking to riding area https://youtube.com/shorts/hkp-IVyX_EI?si=tz6OfeCn8E0gZFm_
Walking view from behind https://youtube.com/shorts/1rCAqslOTCY?si=Mrk24CloyFtn3SkR
Mounting Block https://youtube.com/shorts/dGWjmvDSgJg?si=bI8OkFQkcHof4wbH
Walk/Trot/Canter on flat vehicle doesn’t bother him https://youtu.be/EmPMphKNdkk?si=NlHe36oCf5fTFf3H
He goes any direction you point him https://youtube.com/shorts/JLvpek_mXSY?si=m_DIet0llsVz0Wci
Picking up feet https://youtube.com/shorts/Yz3m3qj2C5Q?si=THmLROK4WZbTmtxc
HE HAS FOUND A HOME!
Hip tag #267
A beautiful Haflinger 13.2 hands tall and smooth mouth/aged with a long mane and tail (hair like Fabio) caught my attention. We hadn’t seen many Haflingers and when we did see them they brought a high price. We had watched him and others drive before the sale he stuck out in the crowd for sure. The rider cued him to move forward, he didn’t like the ring and he kept trying to nicely deny her requests he didn’t want to be in that ring and I couldn’t blame him. The bidding began low but gradually continued up, the winning bidder was a private home. Although I would have loved to take him home – Good for him! We continued watching the sale. The local driving horses, one after the other came in and the winning bidder was the kill buyer, just like on Monday. We don’t have the answer for the increased buying or the higher prices being paid but it’s not slowing down. Unexpectedly, the haflinger who had caught my attention was being ran through again! They said that the buyer was dissatisfied and they declined the sale. So the poor guy was back in the danger zone. Unfortunately, I missed the chance to bid as I was away from the ring and worse – I didn’t see who won the bid. I couldn’t get him off my mind. We went to go check out a massive roan draft gelding that a client was interested in, we knew the buyer. As we turned the corner there he was. The Haflinger with hair like Fabio. I blinked a few times, almost not believing my own eyes. You see the same buyer who purchased the draft horse also purchased the Haflinger. He knew this gelding had caught my attention and he knew I wasn’t at the ring to bid when he came through the second time so he won the bid when he saw the killbuyer bidding. He pulled him for me, on my behalf – if I wanted him. Of course I wanted him! It was meant to be! This beautiful aged gelding who has pulled a buggy the majority of his life, this absolutely amazing lovable gelding with the fabulous hair and most kissable nose, had been pulled from the auction slaughter pipeline, rejected and returned to face being purchased for slaughter a second time at the very same sale was finally safe. Some things are just meant to be.
FOUND A HOME!
***Video crawling under him https://youtube.com/shorts/Ko5Y-2yyuZg?si=zVYhocf7jmWCNL2j
***Video loose rein laying back on him goofing around https://youtube.com/shorts/Jn9e5i4z6M4?si=n_zk69m2NWC9Cl7o
***Video lead line with side walker https://youtube.com/shorts/7XGPwFB_SsM?si=cu4s1fgFnvOteOvc
***Video trail ride evaluation https://youtube.com/shorts/aka2TjxznbE?si=M7r6ffln7E_EUuun
***Video walk trot https://youtube.com/shorts/q9oMO2B_PWs?si=Ykdj0yG2OXrGrssE
Hip Tag 396 & 397
We have had a lot of requests for miniature horses so here they are – A beautiful mare with colt by her side they entered the ring with momma leading and the colt following along he is halter broke and ties. The auctioneer said that she is bred back to the same stallion that produced this foal. They were going to be split up at the sale which is why they have different hip tag numbers on them. They don’t have to stay together but it’s an option and they have a bit longer now to have that option. The mare didn’t mind giving lead line ride they both are sweet and the colt has been handled/halter broke and ties.
397- Mare has papers with her American Miniature horse registry 33.5” tall
Sunny side Chips Miss Galahad
Foaled 3/10/2006
396 – Colt has no papers
Said to be in foal – no stud report.
WE HAVE FOUND OUR HOMES!
https://youtube.com/shorts/rpLFI6fMnEo?si=-fbCQ_qJhwbgfYsj https://youtube.com/shorts/k5cIg2zmQno?si=6DsEyTLNz-Eh-FIC https://youtube.com/shorts/X2BeuqEOpfU?si=hslFCszYVXvSD8La
Hip Tag #359
Safe, dependable and experienced! If you have been waiting for something super quiet and gentle, great on the ground, safe around vehicles and pretty to look at you’re not going to find another one like this guy! He’s 15 hands, he has new shoes all the way around, he is in his late teens or early 20’s – he has the experience and it shows. It’s really, really hard to find horses this quiet and gentle. Don’t miss this guy he’s truly the real deal! His purchase price will go into pulling more horses from the slaughter pipeline.
I HAVE FOUND MY HOME!
https://youtu.be/asulszWWfyk?feature=shared
https://youtube.com/shorts/jG4xVQT2ZZ8?si=rCk3qFqLaQtjGDVt
https://youtube.com/shorts/HEGmFRKSV2I?si=ss-rF-1o2_2baAHZ
https://youtube.com/shorts/pPMabVBU_To?si=w5YWVnbVktpiVU7P
https://youtube.com/shorts/2e7Geyisv_o?si=Z8DJx0dm_eE9ZeCW
Hip tag 356 Bay Quarter horse mare approximately 12 years old. This pretty girl came in tacked Western push button walk, trot and canter with a nice stop and backup not taking a bad step. A chestnut and white paint and an Appy/QH who rode the same way both brought close to 2,700.00. However, this girl had recently scraped some hair off above her right hock and had a little swelling in her back right which most likely happened in the trailer on the way to the auction- normally she would have been grabbed by a dealer but with so few there, we found ourselves bidding to save her.
Video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2nKeHLlyGE8
She has found her home!
Chincoteague pony mare (No Papers) approximately 11 years old – A bay pony thin on the top line with recent weight loss was led into the ring her head low obediently following the person leading her slowly and deliberately the only way I can describe her is extremely sad. The auctioneer announced that she was a Chincoteague mare pony in foal – we won the bid. Afterward, we went and asked the consignor about her to see if he had her papers and he didn’t. But he told us that he had purchased her at a sale that she was run in with a group. She had a foal by her side but it was ripped away as were what was left of her herd. No wonder she looked extremely sad. I offered her a treat and after a moment of hesitation she decided to take it. Chris leaned across her back she didn’t mind at all. She was sweet and gentle. This poor girl needs some happiness brought back into her life just look at the sadness in her eyes.
She has found a home!
Hip Tag Number 665
Tiz a valentine (Sire famous Tiznow).
Update: This mare rode great through the ring and we rode her a couple hours later (see video) she was wonderful! She has a soft mouth, pushbutton through transitions, side passes both ways and didn’t mind being ridden bareback. Today we evaluated her under English saddle and again and she did great! She didn’t even take a second look at the chickens around her or mind the dog following along. (See video).
Video – https://youtube.com/shorts/9lcVH_mcg2M?si=pG1kOIZjD2FzKMOu
Sire: Tiznow was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse, famous for being the only horse to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic twice in a row (2000 and 2001). He was named the American Horse of the Year in 2000 and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2009. After his racing career, he became a successful sire, producing many notable offspring. Legacy: Tiznow is remembered as a resilient and determined horse who became a hero to many, especially after his 2001 win following the 9/11 attacks. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009
Tiz A Valentine has found her home!
https://www.facebook.com/iLiveStreamHorseAuctions/videos/1669291484031640
Hip Tag Numbers 698 (Bay) & 699 (Buckskin)
Ran through the sale barn with very little information on them. Said to be relatives of Dual Rey Quarter Horse. Have current coggins test.
They have found their home!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1586137112399455
Okies story. So people often ask us what made you decide to pull that one from the pipeline? There isn’t a single answer for this question. With Pappy it was his eyes. He had given up resigned to whatever his fate was. You can read his story on the page and see in the pictures how his eyes changed once he knew he was safe. Yes, they know! Now Okie it was an instant connection. I was walking through the barns and noticed the orange color I went to take a closer look and he looked back at me direct eye contact! His ears slowly perking forward as I talked to him. I knew he had been in the pipeline for while. The color of the dirt probably from Oklahoma which is why we are calling him Okie. Even though he is a draft cross and still weighs a lot his coat is dull and he has lost weight and his hooves badly needed trimmed another indication he’s been in the pipeline for a while. He probably was a high priced horse that slowly lost value at every sale and it was time for him to be pulled! All of this went through my mind quickly then his rider pulled him from the lineup mounted and off to the sales ring he went. I hurried back to our group and we waited. It all happened very fast as it usually does and when the gavel sounded mere moments later, Okie was safe! The instant connection I felt with him well he felt it too. Selina was telling him he was safe petting him reassuring him and I had to touch him! He literally melted into my arms. He knew he was safe! They know!
Okie has found his home!
Hip Tag Number 313
A pretty pony’s story. Auctions are always busy, hectic and fast moving. There were quite a few dealers, private buyers and two rescue organizations in attendance. We are not a rescue – we are a group of private people who pull horses from the pipeline and rehome them. We also offer proxy bidding and livestream auctions. We were watching for one in need to help and we didn’t have to wait long. This cute but thin little pony with 4 white socks and a cute white marking on her face all the way down to her nose was seen making an entrance. When she came in she was led through the ring in a halter made of bailer twine! It was obvious she needed to be pulled. Even being underweight with a rough coat I could imagine her filled out with a nice slick coat she would be very pretty. After we won the bid we couldn’t wait to go see her! She didn’t disappoint. She had the sweetest disposition very gentle with great ground manners so gentle that our 2 year old was able to lead her all by himself. The vet saw her pulled a coggins and we went to purchase her a real halter. Lara happened to be talking with someone who wanted a pony and as she saw pictures of the pony with our 2 year old she decided she wanted to take her home. She is now in a warm barn being loved and taken care of and she knows she is safe. They know! A happy ending thanks to networking and teamwork.
HOME FOUND!
https://www.facebook.com/reel/829787336685283
Gallant – 10 year old & 17 hands tall!
His story – there were so many horses in the pipeline and a lot of drivers came from another sale to this one. Was he one of them? We didn’t see him until he entered the ring and wow he came in ears up head held high like he was at a show and taking ribbons home! He was a sight to behold! Just gorgeous!! He did everything right, did everything his rider asked willingly and proudly. We watched him and just thought wow, how gorgeous! However, something we didn’t expect to happen, happened. He wasn’t getting the bids we thought he would. We had to make a decision fast! The auctioneer said “Going once anymore bids”?? We jumped into action and a moment later he was ours. We could have easily missed him it happened so fast his fate before our bid could have ended his life.
His first evaluation here went wonderfully! He loves attention and he had to have been loved it shows in everything he does. He meets you at the fence, he will come to you for attention, he is gentle and patient, he has great ground manners. Chris tacked him no problems. He rode him and he didn’t make a wrong move. He’s beauty in motion with the brains to back it up. How did he end up here? We have no clue. It’s certainly no fault of his own. This gorgeous boy is waiting for his new barn.
Gallant has found his home!
Hip Tag Number 708
Saddlebred Gelding aged late teenager & about 15.3 hands
Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/MBYfQ7C8NOk?si=vtZLlW4n4T3NNfD8
Hip tag number 708 has found his home!